Did you weigh yourself today? More importantly - if you did, did you like what you saw?

In Hoboken writer Kate Rockland's new fiction novel, "150 Pounds," which will be released Jan. 17, two bloggers with contrasting attitudes towards weight find out what's more important than the number on the scale.

In the book, blogger Alexis, who lives in Manhattan, discussing losing weight and keeping it off on her website "Skinny Chick" while blogger Shoshana, a Hobokenite, flaunts her plus-size lifestyle on her blog "Fat and Fabulous."

The two preach their weight gospel to women through the Internet and are eventually invited to appear on "Oprah" where they clash directly. Through various life events, however, both women's stories end the same way - with them weighing 150 pounds.

"For women, weight has to do with their life at the time," said Rockland. The 30-year-old said that throughout her life, she's weighed as little as 135 pounds and as much as 195.

"I gained and lost 50 pounds twice in two years," said the writer. "When I first got married, I started being home more and cooking a lot, eating meals. When I was single, I would eat salads and never really cooked for myself. So I packed on 60 pounds. I did Weight Watchers and took off the weight - and then I got pregnant. So I put on another 50 pounds. and had to take that weight off again."

Right now, Rockland is slightly heavier than usual again, as she is almost six months pregnant with her second child. This time around, she's fighting the urge to yearn for her beach body.

"I try not to do that because I'm so lucky to be pregnant, I'm going to try to enjoy my body and this time of my life right now instead of complaining about aches or pains or gaining weight," she said, adding that her husband Joe is fortunately supportive and loves her no matter what her size is.

"150 Pounds" by Kate Rockland

"I won the lottery!" she laughed. "He is convinced that if I eat a lot of food when I'm pregnant, I make a cuter baby.

"He's great and he loves me whether I'm 190 or 130. He never makes me feel I have to be a certain weight."

Rockland said that her readers should have the same unconditional love for their bodies, since their weight will naturally fluctuate through different life events.

Regardless of readers' attitudes towards weight and self-esteem levels, she hopes they take away a few lessons from the novel.

"Alexis compares herself to a lot of women she sees in the public eye," said Rockland. "That's a very harsh way of living. Women are just way too hard on themselves."

"And then Shoshana talks about how if she gives her girlfriends a compliment, they deflect it. Like, 'You look great,' and they say, 'No, I look fat.' But women should stop saying how fat they are, because they're probably not."

Most importantly, Rockland pointed out that some women don't allow themselves to pursue their desires because of their weight issues and punish themselves.

"Some women feel like they can't get pleasure if they're not at an ideal weight," said Rockland. Some women won't buy clothing until they get down to a certain size while others won't go on dates because they don't feel they deserve a significant other at their weight, said Rockland.

"Even if you're not a size 4, 6 or 8, whatever you think you should be, you can still get whatever you want out of life," she said.

"150 Pounds" will be released on Jan. 17. For more information, visit KateRockland.com.